Benua
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 338379
Population 2011
148
Census of India
Population 2020
240
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+62.2%
92 people · 5.5% a year
Households
69
+137.9% vs 29 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
148
Male / female
72 / 76
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,056
Children aged 0–6
23
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
43
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.9%
Households
29
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 1 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mugbasan panchayat, Keshpur zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹31.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.14 crore
Received directly
₹1.29 lakh
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹39.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.71 lakh · received ₹36.15 lakh · spent ₹39.27 lakh · left ₹20.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.96 lakh · received ₹78.19 lakh · spent ₹68.34 lakh · left ₹19.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 87.4704 —
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